Wilkerson v. Smith

BROADDUS, Presiding Judge.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. It arises from a collision between a Chevrolet automobile operated by plaintiff and an Oldsmobile automobile operated by defendant.

Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment in the sum of $3350. The jury found against defendant on his counterclaim wherein he sought the sum of $50,000. Defendant appealed to the Supreme Court and that court transferred the case to this court upon the authority of Jameson v. Fox, 364 Mo. 237, 260 S.W.2d 507, 59 A.L.R.2d 80.

The accident happened at 6:30 a. m. on October 19, 1960, at the…